This article details how to secure your Zoom Meeting.
The University has purchased an Enterprise licence for Zoom.
Zoom is integrated via Single Sign-On (log-in authentication) which will improve the security of the sessions. It has good functionality for a range of interactive, synchronous teaching activities.
The use of Zoom is subject to the following conditions https://zoom.us/terms
There is some further information on the Zoom website, such as Educating Over Zoom and Best Practices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom
Zoom have enabled end-to-end encryption for meetings but it is not enabled by default and has to be applied by individuals prior to starting a meeting, providing additional protection when needed.
End-to-end encryption may not be suitable for teaching using Zoom because, when enabled, end-to-end encryption will disable the following features:
*As of version 5.5.0 for desktop, mobile, and Zoom Rooms, these features are supported in E2EE meetings.
If you require any of the above features you can disable encryption by following the above instructions and turning off the option to Allow use of end-to-end encryption for your account.
Enabling end to end encryption for meetings requires all meeting participants to join from the Zoom desktop client, mobile app, or Zoom Rooms. But anyone who doesn’t have the application will be prompted to download it when attempting to join the link.
Users will not be able to join by telephone, SIP/H.323 devices, on-premise configurations, or Lync/Skype clients, as these endpoints cannot be encrypted end to end.
Zoom web client and third-party clients leveraging the Zoom SDK are also not supported at launch.
Enabling Encryption is done in the Security settings for your account on https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/meeting#/
Select Sign in Configure your account and login using your University credentials
Click on Settings on the left hand side
On the Meeting tab near the centre of the page there is a Security section
Scroll down and click to enable the slide switch for Allow use of end-to-end encryption
You will then be presented with options to define your default encryption level
Option one - Enhanced Encryption. All your meetings will be encrypted using a unique encryption key that will be stored on Zoom's servers
Option two - End-to-end encryption. All your meetings will be encrypted using a unique encryption key that will be stored on your device
Select Option two - End-to-end encryption and press save to apply E2EE encryption globally to your account and make all upcoming meetings encrypted.
If a meeting is unsecured then anyone can join a Zoom meeting if they know the meeting link. Links shared via unsecure or publicly viewable sharing sites such as Twitter, Facebook or other social media platforms expose the meeting to uninvited guests. This is known as 'Zoombombing'.
If you ensure you have set-up your meeting/s following the information above, including joining via the University’s site licence universityofleeds.zoom.us using Single Sign On (SSO), then your meeting/s should not be subjected to Zoombombing